An Amazon researcher broke down the company’s growing threat to Teamster jobs and members talked about what a strategy for organizing Amazon could look like in the TDU online workshop The Amazon Threat: Meeting the Challenge. 

Chicago Local 786 members scored a victory for Teamster democracy today when a federal judge issued an injunction to end the trusteeship of their local and restore the elected leaders to office, effective immediately.

In a critical test of whether our union leaders can root out corrupt officials who abuse their positions, a narrow majority on the IBT General Executive Board (GEB) voted 12-11 to give a pass to corrupt Teamster power broker Rome Aloise.

The Teamsters General Executive Board (GEB) is set to vote tomorrow, October 1, on the punishment International Union VP Rome Aloise will face for his corruption violations.

Steve Vairma was handpicked by Jim Hoffa and Rome Aloise to run for General President. Yet, Vairma and his slate have spent the last six months trying to distance themselves from Hoffa and his failed policies.

Nominations for the TDU Steering Committee for the coming year are open now through October 20. Here's everything you need to know about the Steering Committee election process which will be online this year.

The TDU Convention is moving online this year. Next up are three workshops in September and October that look ahead to what it will take to rebuild union power after we elect new Teamster leadership, including Meeting the Amazon Threat, Winning the UPS Contract We Deserve, and After We Win. Find out more and register today.

TDU will be hosting our next workshop, Getting Results Beyond Grievances, on Sunday, September 20th at 12pm EDT / 11am CDT / 10am MDT / 9am PST. Registration for this workshop is now closed. Stay tuned for information on upcoming workshops.

"The NLRB announced employers will no longer be restrained from disciplining or discharging stewards or officers who use profanity or engage in other “abusive” actions in violation of an employer’s enforced code of conduct. The decision upends the special legal protections enjoyed by union grievance handlers for the past 70 years."